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How many times has the No.1 NFL Draft pick been traded?
The Las Vegas Raiders hold the first overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, and all signs point to them using it on Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza.
Desperately needing a quarterback of Mendoza's calibre to spearhead their rebuild, it would take a blockbuster offer to convince Las Vegas to trade out of the top spot.
But it has happened before - 13 times since the AFL-NFL merger in 1967, to be precise. Here is every trade of the No.1 overall pick before draft night since 1967, and what each team got in return.
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Every trade of the No.1 NFL Draft pick since 1967
Trades marked with an asterisk occurred after the first pick was made.
| Year | Trade | Player picked at No.1 | What the trading team received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Chicago Bears → Carolina Panthers | QB Bryce Young | WR DJ Moore, 2023 first-round pick (No.9, OT Darnell Wright), 2023 second-round pick (No.61, TE Brenton Strange), 2024 first-round pick (No.1, QB Caleb Williams), 2025 second-round pick (No.39) |
| 2016 | Tennessee Titans → Los Angeles Rams | QB Jared Goff | 2016 first-round pick (No.15, OT Jack Conklin), 2016 second-round pick (No.43, DT Austin Johnson), 2016 second-round pick (No.45, RB Derrick Henry), 2016 third-round pick (No.76, OT Shon Coleman), 2017 first-round pick (No.5, WR Corey Davis), 2017 third-round pick (No.100, TE Jonnu Smith) |
| 2004* | San Diego Chargers → New York Giants | QB Eli Manning | QB Philip Rivers (No.4), 2004 third-round pick (No.65, K Nate Kaeding), 2005 first-round pick (No.12, LB Shawne Merriman), 2005 fifth-round pick (No.144, Jerome Collins) |
| 2001 | San Diego Chargers → Atlanta Falcons | QB Michael Vick | WR Tim Dwight, 2001 first-round pick (No.5, RB LaDainian Tomlinson), 2001 third-round pick (No.67, DB Tay Cody), 2002 second-round pick (No.48, WR Reche Caldwell) |
| 1997 | New York Jets → St. Louis Rams | OT Orlando Pace | 1997 first-round pick (No.6, OT Walter Jones), 1997 third-round pick (No.67, OL Dan Neil), 1997 fourth-round pick (No.102, DE Terry Day), 1997 seventh-round pick (No.207, QB Koy Detmer) |
| 1995 | Carolina Panthers → Cincinnati Bengals | RB Ki-Jana Carter | 1995 first-round pick (No.5, QB Kerry Collins), 1995 second-round pick (No.36, DE Shawn King) |
| 1991 | New England Patriots → Dallas Cowboys | DT Russell Maryland | 1991 first-round pick (No.11, T Pat Harlow), 1991 second-round pick (No.41, DB Jerome Henderson), CB Ron Francis, LB David Howard, LB Eugene Lockhart Jr. |
| 1990 | Atlanta Falcons → Indianapolis Colts | QB Jeff George | OT Chris Hinton, WR Andre Rison, 1990 fifth-round pick (No.121, TE Reggie Redding), 1991 first-round pick (No.13, WR Mike Pritchard) |
| 1984 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers → Cincinnati Bengals → New England Patriots | WR Irving Fryar | Traded twice. June 1983: Bengals received 1984 No.1 pick; Buccaneers received QB Jack Thompson. April 1984: Patriots received 1984 No.1 pick (Fryar); Bengals received 1984 first-round picks (No.16, DE Pete Koch; No.28, OL Brian Blados), 1984 tenth-round pick (No.265, RB Brent Ziegler), 1985 fifth-round pick (No.129, DB Lee Davis) |
| 1983* | Baltimore Colts → Denver Broncos | QB John Elway | OT Chris Hinton (1983 No.4 pick), QB Mark Herrmann, 1984 first-round pick (No.19, G Ron Solt) |
| 1978 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers → Houston Oilers | RB Earl Campbell | TE Jimmie Giles, 1978 first-round pick (No.17, QB Doug Williams), 1978 second-round pick (No.44, G Brett Moritz), 1979 third-round pick (No.78, DE Reggie Lewis), 1979 fifth-round pick (No.133, QB Chuck Fusina) |
| 1975 | Baltimore Colts → Atlanta Falcons | QB Steve Bartkowski | 1975 first-round pick (No.3, G Ken Huff), OL George Kunz |
| 1974 | Houston Oilers → Dallas Cowboys | DE Ed Jones | DE Tody Smith, WR Billy Parks, 1974 third-round pick (No.53, QB Danny White) |
| 1968 | New York Giants → Minnesota Vikings | T Ron Yary | QB Fran Tarkenton, 1967 first-round pick (No.2, RB Clint Jones), 1967 second-round pick (No.28, WR Bob Grim), 1969 second-round pick (No.39, OL Ed White) |
| 1967 | New Orleans Saints → Baltimore Colts | DT Bubba Smith | QB Gary Cuozzo |
Could the No. 1 pick be traded in the 2026 NFL Draft?
It seems highly unlikely. The Raiders have stripped their quarterback room bare this offseason and, despite a handful of opinions suggesting otherwise, there are no other players at the position worthy of the top pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.
Mendoza is the kind of generational prospect that does not come along often, and every major mock draft has him going to Las Vegas at No.1.
But history tells us that no first overall pick is entirely safe from being traded.
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